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December 8, 2003 Issue

Cover Story

Michael Jackson. Paris Hilton. Kobe Bryant. Martha
Stewart. In a culture that worships celebrity, some of
the most famous seem to be suffering a collective
meltdown—accused of acts that betray their own
particularly self-destructive brand of entitlement.
But to what degree do we share the blame? PLUS: Daphne
Merkin imagines Michael Jackson on the couch.

Features

Carolyn Heilbrun was a feminist pioneer, an
influential Virginia Woolf scholar, a writer of pop
mysteries, and a lifelong enemy (if happily married,
with a family) of the patriarchy. As a passionate
believer in choice, she talked often about the
possibility of suicide. But when she killed herself in
October, in good health, showing no signs of
depression, it left family and friends with a mystery
bigger than any in her books.

Say good-bye to your entrée. From the bite-size
savories at Alta to the sumptuous snacks at Savoy and
Otto’s inimitable antipasti, New York’s
chefs have launched a tiny new trend that’s a
very big deal.